The Day The Music Died: The Last Tour Of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens
RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On the current tour, Bob Dylan’s shows have not included an opening act. That will change for the final three (or four?) nights of the tour in New York City. The opening act on those nights will be the artist concisely known as Dion. Most famous for his big 1960s hits The Wanderer and Runaround [...]
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Dion and the Belmonts Runaround Sue The Shangri Las Leader of the Pack The Angels My Boyfriend's Back Gene Chandler Duke of Earl Sam Cooke You Send Me Ritchie Valens La Bamba J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers Last Kiss The Viscounts Harlem Nocturne
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The sound has been around for many years, and public television is giving it an extra showcase.
Pigeon Project (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held Tuesday night in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House as part of the White House Music Series. From the open tent, the White House was the performers’ backdrop. Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, José Feliciano, Los [...]
Grumpy Old Sod's Law (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
I'm not a fan of Twitter - it's called that for a very good reason. It is nothing more than haiku for morons, for people who think their every waking thought is worthy of being condensed into 140 characters and broadcast for the their own pointless and vacuous self-publicity. Yesterday afternoon, twitter was all a-twitter with posts about Jan Moir's Daily Mail column . I'm not a fan of the Daily Mail's...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held as part of the White House Music Series.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
One filmmaker wanted a project about music. The other wanted to make mainstream audiences more aware of Hispanic culture. One result is “Latin Music USA.”
MooPig Wisdom (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Hey, Fella, are you Sick? Retrieved by Pat Darnell and Dexter How do they do this? What they might be saying is that Barry O is between a rock and a tombstone. Here is the allusion to the melody used: On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, United States, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson,...
The Smoking Section (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Killa! King Jaffe & his underling Vado drop a video for the track “La Bamba,” off his Boss of All Bosses Gangsta Grillz. Directed by Now Wut TV. Somewhere, Ritchie Valens is proud his song lives on, even in this mutated form. Previously Posted — Cam’ron, Vado & DJ Drama - Boss Of All [...]
Auto Europe UK (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
I love the 50’s! They were a great decade in my opinion. Rock and Roll became very popular in the 50’s, defining this decade around this iconic music. Also the Blues become popular in this decade. The 50’s were great feel good music and just generally rocking out! I know I wasn’t born in the [...]
Hattie C In The Place To Be... (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
How disappointed was I to find out this WASN'T a cover of the Ritchie Valens classic. I know which I prefer....! DipSET!!!
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
A marker now honors the Clear Lake pilot who was flying a plane that crashed in 1959, killing himself and passengers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper.
The Eagle Texas and Region (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa -- A marker now honors the Clear Lake pilot who was flying a plane that crashed in 1959, killing himself and passengers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper.A field about five miles north of Clear ...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
DETROIT | On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called the Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. The nascent rock 'n' roll world was a few weeks away from "the day the music died" — when a single-engine plane crash claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens. It's also the day...
LAist (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Photo by nautical mile via Flickr It seems like just yesterday we were prepping to dive into the deep end of Summer 2009, and now with Labor Day Weekend upon us it looks like it's time for us to start coming in from the water. Well, that's the case for most City of L.A. Public Swimming pools , as all but seven city seasonal aquatic facilities will close on Labor Day. You can get your swims in this...
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